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Our friends over at WE tv and Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? have put together an impressive contest, wherein comedians can win a first-class, three-day round trip to either New York City or Los Angeles that includes seeing Joan Rivers perform as well as a one-hour comedy...

We already knew Louis C.K.’s latest stand-up comedy special would debut on HBO. But now we know the name and its premiere date: Oh My God -- his fourth special for HBO -- will debut April 13 at 10 pm EST on the cable giant.
Filmed at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, C.K....

It's been a busy few days in the world of asking comedians to apologize. First, The Onion was essentially forced to say its sorry about a satirical Oscars-night tweet, wherein they called 9-year-old actress Quvenzhané Wallis a "cunt." And now, comedy icon Joan Rivers is under...

The third season of Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? continues this Saturday at 9 pm EST on WEtv, and by the looks of the preview, it seems Joan's trying to hatch a new business venture. In an attempt to keep up with the times, she wants to launch her very own Web-only talk...

While we await the real, final, official word on whether the Arrested Development movie will be made and while we enjoy waiting for the release of Anchorman 2 (coming in December), allow us to treat you with this news about a comedy cult classic: Super Troopers 2 is doing...

Comedians Andy Dick and D.L. Hughley will compete on the sixteenth season of ABC's hit show Dancing with the Stars this year, it was announced on Good Morning America today. But what people might not know is that Dick actually turned down an offer to be on the show during its...

We've already seen Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report support his big sister Elizabeth Colbert Busch for her bid to win a congressional seat in South Carolina. But now, he's making it count, as he hosted a fundraiser in that state recently. Here's what he had to...

The late, great comedian Mitch Hedberg once joked about the concept of pest infestations. But as was usually the case with him, he turned the concept on its ear. “My apartment is infested with koala bears," he began. "It's the cutest infestation ever. Way better than...

UPDATE: 2:10 pm EST -- The Onion has apologized. The full statement is below:
On behalf of The Onion, I offer my personal apology to Quvenzhané Wallis and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the tweet that was circulated last night during the Oscars. It...